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School celebrates students' bicycling effort

Ocean Avenue Elementary School kindergarten students cheer a classmate who rode a bicycle to school every day.

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Updated: 8:07 PM EDT Jun 20, 2013

School celebrates students' bicycling effort

Ocean Avenue Elementary School kindergarten students cheer a classmate who rode a bicycle to school every day.

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WEBVTT COM.MOST KIDS ARE NOWOUT OF SCHOOL FORTHE SUMMER, BUT,FOR ONE STUDENT ATPORTLAND'S OCEANELEMENTARY, IT WASAN EXCITING FINALDAY, AS HISKIDERGARTEN CLASSCELEBRATED HISHUGEACCOMPLISHMENT.SIX-YEAR OLD ALEXKIMBALL LOVES TORIDE HIS BIKE SOMUCH THAT HE TOLDHIS DAD HE WANTEDTO RIDE TO SCHOOLEVERY SINGLE DAY -NO MATTER THEWEATHER,,,,SO, EVEN IN THESNOW OR RAIN, ALEXAND HIS FATHERNATE, RODE SEVERALBLOCKS TO SCHOOLEVERY DAY THISYEAR....THIS MORNING HISCLASSMATESGATHERED OUTSIDEOF SCHOOL,CHEERING HIM ON ASHE COMPLETED HISYEAR LONG GOAL. AGOAL, HIS DAD SAYSMAKES HIM PROUD...nate Kimble: It was areal treat to see himhave a goal and reallywant to stick to that. Ithink it was a good,sort of, life lesson forhim and I'm proud ofhim. 0:10IN ALL, ALEX RODEABOUT 170 MILES ANDSAYS HE'S THINKINGABOUT CONTINUINGTHIS CHALLENGE

School celebrates students' bicycling effort

Ocean Avenue Elementary School kindergarten students cheer a classmate who rode a bicycle to school every day.